Combined plumber&#39;s fitting and pipe-support.



No. 817,110. I PATENTED APR. 8, 1906.

J. L. PRUIN.

COMBINED PLUMBERS FITTING AND PIPE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED mums. 1905.

Inventor:

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rirr rare FAIIEI UFFIE JOHN L. FRUIN, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 1906.

Application filed March 13, 1905. Serial No. 249,856.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN L. FRUIN', a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, New York city, New York State, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Plumbers Fitting and Pipe-Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means in conjunction with a plumbers fitting, whereby the weight thereof and of other members of a plumbing system may be sustained by a joist, cross-beam, pipe, or other convenient article of the building structure wherein the plumbing system of which the aforesaid fitting is a member is installed.

My invention further includes means in conjunction with a plumbers fitting whereby the hot and cold water pipes of a building may be conveniently localized and supported.

In the drawings accompanying this application, Figure 1 is an elevation of a combined waste and vent fitting, and Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively partial detail top plan views thereof.

In said views, A indicates the fitting having the hub a, from which extends an integral downwardly-turned hook a, said hook being adapted to fit over a horizontally-arranged joist, pipe, or the like, and thereby sustain the weight of the fitting. Also extending from the hub a is a flange or integral projection or plate B, having one or more holes therethrough, as b b, said holes being adapted to receive pipes, as hot and cold water pipes, to localize the same and form a convenient means of support therefor. The edge of the plate B may be tapped to permit the use of set-screws l) l) for securing the pipes within the holes 6 b.

Realizing that the space within partitions, &c., in buildings for containing the plumbing-pipes, hot and cold water pipes, &c., is circumscribed, it will be seen that the means of supporting hot and cold water pipes herein shown is extremely compact and is besides very conveniently employed, hence serving a useful purpose.

I do not wish to limit myself to the use of the abutment or plate B, having holes to receive and localize adjacent pipes, as I am aware that other means may be employed to serve the same functionas, for example, that illustrated in Fig. 3, wherein is shown a series of projecting lugs b between which the pipes to be sustained in position may be placed.

Having now described. my invention, I declare that what I claim is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a plumbers fitting composed of a metal casting having waste andv vent apertures, and having a peripheral flange, and, extending therefrom, a projection with means for removably, and securely, supporting external pipes.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a plumbers fitting composed of a metal casting having waste and vent apertures, and having a peripheral flange, and, extending therefrom, a sustaining-hook and aproj ection also extending from said flange with means for removably, and securely, supporting external pipes.

JOHN L. FRUIN. Witnesses Fnnnnnrorc C. BONNY, F. W. BARKER. 

